PřF:GE061 Principles of Mineralogy - Course Information
GE061 Principles of Mineralogy
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2004
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Václav Vávra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology and Geology (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Course objectives
- The lecture explains the basic fundaments of mineralogy.
- Syllabus
- 1. The aim of mineralogy, history of mineralogy, the mineral definition, designation of minerals, educational literature 2. The structural crystallography - the definition of crystalline substance, the particle arrangement in structures, the structural lattice, the symmetry operations, the symmetry elements, point groups, space groups, crystal structure, the reciprocal lattice 3. The external form crystallography - crystalisation and a internal arrangement of crystals, the morphology of crystals, the crystal systems, the crystal forms, the zone equation, Weiss a Miller symbols, crystal projections, the classes with the highest symmetry 4. Polymorphism, polytypism, metamicte state, isostructuralism, pseudomorpism, twining 5. Crystal chemistry - the atom model, ions, coordination of atoms, bonding, bond forces, basic types of structures 6. Physical properties of minerals - crystal habits and aggregates, cleavage, parting, hardness, specific gravity, colour, luster, electrical properties, magnetic properties, fluorescence, luminiscence, radioactivity, optical properties 7. The methods of development- XRD powder diffraction, chemical analysis, electron microscopy and microanalysis, DTA, IR, XRD fluorescence 8. The recalculation of chemical analysis, the graphic presentation of chemical analysis, elements of thermodynamic, mineral stability, phase diagrams 9. Genesis of minerals - magmatic processes, pegmatites, pneumotolitic processes, hydrotermal mineralization, alpine veins, metamorphic processes 10. Systematic mineralogy - principles of division, silicate classification, phylosilicate classification 11. Elements - gold, silver, copper, sulphur, diamond, graphite 12. Sulphides and sulfosalts - argentite - acantite line, galena, sphalerite, wurtzite, chalcopyrite, pyrhotite, cinabar, stibnite, pyrite, marcasite, molybdenite, arsenopyrite, pyrargyrite - proustite line, tetraedrite - tennantite line 13. Halides - halite, sylvite, fluorite 14. Oxide and hydroxide - cuprite, corundum, hematite, ilmenite, casiterite, uraninite, spinel group (spinel, magnetite), brucite, diaspore, goethite 15. Carbonates - calcite, magnesite, siderite, aragonite, dolomite, malachite, azurite 16. Sulfates - baryte, anhydrite, gyps, 17. Phosphates - apatite, monazite 18. Nesosilicates -olivine group, garnet group, zircon, andalusite, sillimanite, kyanite, staurolite, titanite 19. Sorosilicates -epidote group (epidote, zoisite, klinozoisite), vesuvianite 20. Cyclosilicates - beryel, cordierite, tourmaline 21. Inosilicates - pyroxene group, amphibole group, wollastonite 22. Phylosilicates - serpentine group, clay minerals (caolinite, montmmorillonite), talk, biotite, muscovite, lepidolite, chlorite group 23. Tectosilicates - quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, opal, feldspar group, analcime, natrolite, nepheline, leucite
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2004, recent)
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